GPT-5.4 Pro vs GLM-5 (Reasoning)

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.

GPT-5.4 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 94 to 84. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5.4 Pro's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 89 against 69.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 86 to 58.

GPT-5.4 Pro gives you the larger context window at 1.05M, compared with 200K for GLM-5 (Reasoning).

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.4 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GLM-5 (Reasoning) only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Knowledge

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

88.8

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

80.3

99
MMLU
96
99
GPQA
94
97
SuperGPQA
92
94
OpenBookQA
90
94
MMLU-Pro
81
50
HLE
29

Coding

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

89

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

69.3

95
HumanEval
88
86
SWE-bench Verified
62
86
LiveCodeBench
58

Mathematics

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

98

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

96

99
AIME 2023
98
99
AIME 2024
99
99
AIME 2025
98
96
HMMT Feb 2023
94
98
HMMT Feb 2024
96
97
HMMT Feb 2025
95
97
BRUMO 2025
96
99
MATH-500
92

Reasoning

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

96.7

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

91

97
SimpleQA
92
95
MuSR
90
98
BBH
91

Instruction Following

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

97

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

92

97
IFEval
92

Multilingual

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

97

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

89

97
MGSM
89

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.4 Pro or GLM-5 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 Pro is ahead overall, 94 to 84. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 86 and 58.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.4 Pro or GLM-5 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 88.8 versus 80.3. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.4 Pro or GLM-5 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 89 versus 69.3. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.4 Pro or GLM-5 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 98 versus 96. Inside this category, MATH-500 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.4 Pro or GLM-5 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 96.7 versus 91. Inside this category, BBH is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5.4 Pro or GLM-5 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 97 versus 92. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.4 Pro or GLM-5 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 97 versus 89. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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